DokuFest has announced a powerful and wide-ranging selection of 12 films for its much-anticipated View From the World strand, showcasing some of the year’s most daring and politically resonant nonfiction cinema.

Leading the program are two urgent films about the ongoing Ukraine–Russia war. 2000 Meters to Andriivka, directed by Oscar-winner Mstyslav Chernov, offers a harrowing on-the-ground account of the conflict, while Facing War turns its lens toward NATO, chronicling Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s final year amid mounting geopolitical tension.

The Cold War echoes through two archival-based entries from Scandinavia: The Helsinki Effect revisits the pivotal 1975 Helsinki Summit, and Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958–1989 unearths decades of Swedish media portrayals of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.

American contradictions are laid bare in Errol Morris’s Separated, which revisits the U.S. family separation policy, and Flophouse America, which exposes the lives of 38 million Americans still living in motels, with one in ten children affected by alcoholism.

From rural Iran, Cutting Through Rocks—this year’s Sundance Grand Jury winner—follows Sara Shahverdi, a trailblazing councilwoman fighting patriarchy by teaching girls to ride motorcycles and end child marriage. Meanwhile, Coexistence, My Ass! introduces audiences to Noam Shuster Eliassi, a former peace process poster child turned razor-sharp political satirist.

Rounding out the selection are three deeply personal films exploring themes of family, solitude, and art—intimate stories that underscore this year’s recurring theme: reality’s unpredictability and emotional power.